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  • THE WOMEN OF TROY
    THE WOMEN OF TROY
    PAT BARKER
    Troy has fallen. The Greeks have won their bitter war. They can return home as victors - all they need is a good wind to lift their sails. But the wind has vanished, the seas becalmed by vengeful gods, and so the warriors remain in limbo - camped in the shadow of the city they destroyed, kept company by the women they stole from it. The women of Troy. Helen - poor Helen. All th...
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  • THE DARKLING CHILD
    THE DARKLING CHILD
    TERRY BROOKS
    Paxon Leah has joined the Druid Order as a paladin, tasked with protecting the Druids with the aid of his magical sword. But Paxon's toughest assignment will come when he must track down a young musician with newly-manifested magic before a rival sorcerer can corrupt the boy. ...
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  • THE HAUNTING OF HAJJI HOTAK
    THE HAUNTING OF HAJJI HOTAK
    JAMIL JAN KOCHAI
    A finalist for the National Book Award - a luminous new collection of stories from a young writer with 'a singular, resonant voice, an American teenager raised by Old World Afghan storytellers' (New York Times) **FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION** **NAMED A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE ATLANTIC** PEN/Hemingway finalist Jamil Jan Kochai b...
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  • THE CONCISE 33 STRATEGIES OF WAR
    THE CONCISE 33 STRATEGIES OF WAR
    ROBERT GREENE
    From bestselling author Robert Greene comes a new guide to the strategies of war that can help us gain mastery in the modern world. Spanning world civilisations, and synthesising dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts, The Concise 33 Strategies of War is a guide to the subtle social game of everyday life. Based on profound and timeless lessons, it is abundantly...
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  • BETTER THAN SEX
    BETTER THAN SEX
    HUNTER S. THOMPSON
    Since his blazing 1972 opus, 'Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail', Hunter S. Thompson has reported the election story in his truly inimitable, just-short-of-libel style. In 'Better than Sex', Thompson hits the dusty trail again - without leaving home - yet manages to deliver a mind-bending view of the 1992 presidential campaign, in all of its horror, sacrifice, lust, and d...
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  • AN EDUCATION IN MALICE
    AN EDUCATION IN MALICE
    S.T. GIBSON
    'A delectable jewel of a tale, shimmering with dark, beautiful prose' Tori Bovalino, author of The Devil Makes Three, on A Dowry of BloodLove is sacrifice. One of us was always going to bleed for the other.Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands Saint Perpetua's College. Isolated and ancient, it is not a place for timid girls. Here, secrets are currency, ambition is...
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  • THE LAST HOURS 3: CHAIN OF THORNS
    THE LAST HOURS 3: CHAIN OF THORNS
    CASSANDRA CLARE
    James and Cordelia must save London - and their marriage - in this thrilling and highly anticipated conclusion to The Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel.Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her.In only a few short weeks, she h[Bokinfo]. ...
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  • THE HORSE AND HIS BOY
    THE HORSE AND HIS BOY
    C. S. LEWIS
    A stirring and dramatic fantasy story that finds a young boy named Shasta on the run from his homeland with the talking horse, Bree. When the pair discover a deadly plot by the Calormen people to conquer the land of Narnia, the race is on to warn the inhabitants of the impending danger and to rescue them all from certain death. ...
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  • NEEDY LITTLE THINGS
    NEEDY LITTLE THINGS
    CHANNELLE DESAMOURS
    A brilliantly page-turning thriller with an unusual psychological twist, which fans of One of Us is Lying, Ace of Spades and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder will love.Sariyah is determined not to let her missing friend become just another statistic, one of many vanished Black girls. But despite her talent for ESP, Sariyah is struggling, even when the clu[Bokinfo]. ...
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  • BIRDSONG
    BIRDSONG
    SEBASTIAN FAULKS
    'Magnificent - deeply moving' Sunday Times 'Engrossing, moving, and unforgettable' The Times In the heat of the French summer, young Englishman Stephen Wraysford travels to France and falls in love with his host's wife, Isabelle Azaire. When the world stops, their affair falters, and Stephen signs up. In a maze of tunnels under the trenches, Stephen finds the courage this war ...
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  • THE STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY
    THE STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY
    GABRIELLE ZEVIN
    A.J. Fikry, the grumpy owner of Island Books, is going through a hard time: his bookshop is failing, he has lost his beloved wife, and his prized possession - a rare first edition book has been stolen. Over time, he has given up on people, and even the books in his store, instead of offering solace, are yet another reminder of a world that is changing too rapidly. But one day A...
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  • YOUNG JANE YOUNG
    YOUNG JANE YOUNG
    GABRIELLE ZEVIN
    The author of the international bestseller The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry returns with a witty, moving novel about what it means to be a woman - especially in the Google age where no secret is safe for long. Aviva Grossman, an ambitious Congressional intern in Florida, makes the life-changing mistake of having an affair with her boss - who is beloved, admired, successful, and v...
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  • THE BRITISH ARE COMING
    THE BRITISH ARE COMING
    RICK ATKINSON
    Winner of the George Washington PrizeWinner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American HistoryWinner of the Excellence in American History Book AwardWinner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book AwardFrom the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American RevolutionRick Atkinson, author of the P...
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  • RHAPSODIC
    RHAPSODIC
    LAURA THALASSA
    Book one in the darkly hypnotic Bargainer series! The King of the Night always collects his debts... Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she's been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she's received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obli...
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  • SON OF A WITCH
    SON OF A WITCH
    GREGORY MAGUIRE
    The global bestselling series that inspired the hit musical phenomenon. The sequel to Wicked - now a major movie and record-breaking box office sensation. Back in the land of Oz, the adolescent boy Liir was last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead, Liir is tended to at the Cloister of Saint Glinda by a ...
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  • CITY OF BONES
    CITY OF BONES
    CASSANDRA CLARE
    YA. FANTASY & MAGICAL REALISM. Clary Fray is seeing things: vampires in Brooklyn and werewolves in Manhattan. Irresistibly drawn towards a group of sexy demon hunters, Clary encounters the dark side of New York City - and the dangers of forbidden love. Gift set contains paperback B-format editions of City of Bones, City of Ashes and City of Glass.The Mortal Instruments: City of...
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  • STAR BRINGER
    STAR BRINGER
    TRACY WOLFF / NINA CROFT
    "The sun is dying...and it's happening way too damn fast. With the clock ticking, the Nine Planets' only hope of survival rests on a fancy space station and the alien artifact it's carrying. Which is why it really sucks when some jackass doesn't want the universe saved and blows that station up-- while you're still on it. So if your only choices are flaming death or stealing a ...
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  • LETTERS TO SARTRE
    LETTERS TO SARTRE
    SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
    In 1983 de Beauvoir published Sartre's letters, maintaining that her own letters to him had been lost. They were found by de Beauvoir's adopted daughter, and published to a storm of controversy in France. Tracing the emotional and triangular complications of her life with Sartre, the letters reveal her not only as manipulative and dependent, but also as vulnerable, passionate, ...
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  • AS OTHERS SEE US LEVEL 2 ELEMENTARY/LOWER-INTERMEDIATE
    AS OTHERS SEE US LEVEL 2 ELEMENTARY/LOWER-INTERMEDIATE
    NICOLA PRENTIS
    This award-winning graded readers series is full of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. Soon after Gemma gets a new phone, strange things start happening. Despite not studying, she's suddenly getting top marks in every subject. Her tennis skills improve dramatically, attracting the attention of the best-looking boy in the school. An...
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  • THE SORCERER'S DAUGHTER
    THE SORCERER'S DAUGHTER
    TERRY BROOKS
    Leofur is the daughter of Arcannen, a power-hungry sorcerer prepared to use the blackest of magic to get what he wants. But she is also devoted to Arcannen's nemesis, Paxon Leah - sworn protector of the Druids who defend the Four Lands against evil. When the Druids are forced to flee, having been framed for a murderous rampage which leaves many dead, Paxon knows that the evil s...
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  • THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS
    THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS
    AYSEGÜL SAVAS
    Asya and Manu are looking at apartments, envisioning their future in a foreign city. Removed from the web of family and its obligations, what traditions and rituals should they establish together? As they dream about the possibilities of each new listing, Asya, a documentary filmmaker, spends her days gathering footage from the neighbourhood park like an anthropologist obser...
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  • BORN TO RUN
    BORN TO RUN
    MICHAEL MORPURGO
    Joy and heartbreak combine in this bittersweet tale of a champion greyhound's journey through life - and from owner to owner... "The sack wasn't just drifting gently along like everything else, it was turning of its own accord. There was definitely something inside it, struggling against the side of the plastic bag, kicking at it, squeaking and squealing in terror. He had no id...
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  • DECLINE OF THE ENGLISH MURDER
    DECLINE OF THE ENGLISH MURDER
    GEORGE ORWELL
    In these timeless and witty essays George Orwell explores the English love of reading about a good murder in the papers (and laments the passing of the heyday of the 'perfect' murder involving class, sex and poisoning), as well as unfolding his trenchant views on everything from boys' weeklies to naughty seaside postcards. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. ...
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  • INFERNO
    INFERNO
    DAN BROWN
    *NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKS AND FELICITY JONES* Florence: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of where he is or how he got there. Nor can he explain the origin of the macabre object that is found hidden in his belongings. A threat to his life will propel him and a young doctor, Sienna Brooks, into a breakneck chase across th...
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  • COUSIN KATE
    COUSIN KATE
    GEORGETTE HEYER
    If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser'My generation's Julia Quinn' Adjoa Andoh'Utterly delightful' Guardian'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store' Harriet Evans______________ Tragically left an orphan after her father's death, Kate Malvern is taken under the wing of her forbiddin...
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  • THIS IS GAUDÍ
    THIS IS GAUDÍ
    MOLLIE CLAYPOOL
    Antoni Gaudí has a reputation as monastic, mad, and hermetic. But the architect of many of the buildings that define Barcelona's cityscape was no mad eccentric. He was a genius inspired by his faith in nature and the divine. Picking up the same strands of eclecticism and art nouveau current in fin de siècle European architecture, he transformed them into an idiom unique to hims...
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  • I, CLAUDIUS
    I, CLAUDIUS
    ROBERT GRAVES
    Bringing to life the subterfuge and double-dealing of Roman nobility, Robert Graves's I, Claudius brings the ancient world to life with startling clarity and meticulous realism. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is a includes an introduction by Barry Unsworth. Despised for his weakness and regarded by his family as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius qu...
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  • THE TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES
    THE TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES
    JULIE LEONG
    'Stunning' REBECCA THORNE 'The warmest, loveliest book' SANGU MANDANNA 'Will soothe your heart' SARAH BETH DURST Family changes everything. Tao roams the dusty countryside with only her mule for company, telling small fortunes, for small prices. Fleeing a troubled past, she knows big fortunes come with big consequences. Until one day, when she finds herself joining a despera...
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  • RAMPAGE
    RAMPAGE
    JAMES M SCOTT
    The definitive history of one of the most brutal campaigns of the war in the Pacific.Before World War II, Manila was a slice of America in Asia, populated with elegant neoclassical buildings, spacious parks, and home to thousands of U.S. servicemen and business executives who enjoyed the relaxed pace of the tropics. The outbreak of the war, however, brought an end to the good l...
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  • RIDE THE WAVE
    RIDE THE WAVE
    KATHERINE REILLY
    A brand new spicy sports rom-com, perfect for fans of sizzling chemistry and forced proximity. Readers of ICEBREAKER and THE FAKE OUT will LOVE this epic romance! 'As sexy as it is sweet, this is the perfect beach read!' - Catherine Walsh, the bestselling author of Snowed In *** In surfing, everyone's chasing the perfect ride... Twelve years ago, Leo Silva was a world champi...
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